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How to find apparent ra/dec of planets(such as mars, jupiter)?
Form HORIZONS Web-Interface, use settings:
Ephemeris Type [change] : | OBSERVER
Target Body [change] : | Mars [499]
Observer Location [change] : | Geocentric [500]
Time Span [change] : | Start=2021-1-1, Stop=2021-1-2, Intervals=1
Table Settings [change] : | QUANTITIES=1,2,20; angle format=DEG
Display/Output [change] : | default (formatted HTML)
I can find mars location at 2021/1/1 0:0:0 UTC as follow:
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Date__(UT)__HR:MN:SC.fff R.A.___(ICRF)___DEC R.A._(a-appar)_DEC. delta deldot
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$$SOE
2021-Jan-01 00:00:00.000 24.79948 11.23957 25.07558 11.34477 0.89856820833498 15.6579710
2021-Jan-02 00:00:00.000 25.20526 11.41417 25.48167 11.51905 0.90763028296333 15.7216113
$$EOE
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How can we use astronomia package to get such data with reasonal precision?
https://github.com/commenthol/astronomia/blob/master/src/elliptic.js#L29